Monitoring the Session

HB 1865

bill raising the housing tax credit cap per development

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Joe MoodyDHouse 78

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

$2M becomes $3M. The $6M per-applicant cap stays put.

The bill raises the cap on low income housing tax credits that the state housing board can award to a single development in one application round from $2 million to $3 million. It touches housing developers applying for these credits and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, while leaving the $6 million per-applicant cap unchanged. Starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan, individual projects can get up to half again as much credit as before.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee 10-1 on Apr 30, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 15, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1865 · 2025-01-15

SOLD BY

Rep. Joe MoodyDHouse 78

ITEM

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

WHAT IT DOES

$2M becomes $3M. The $6M per-applicant cap stays put.

The bill raises the cap on low income housing tax credits that the state housing board can award to a single development in one application round from $2 million to $3 million. It touches housing developers applying for these credits and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, while leaving the $6 million per-applicant cap unchanged. Starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan, individual projects can get up to half again as much credit as before.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 21, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
  13. Considered in Calendars
  14. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Joe Moody

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$85KTexans for Truth and Liberty PAC$25KTexas Sands PAC$14K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 9, 2024 to Jun 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$85,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$85,000.00

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$85,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 8, 2024 to Jun 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100979067, 101003930, 101054759.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$25,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101003930.

Texas Sands PAC$14,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100979067, 101024872, 101054759.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$85,000.00

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$85,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 8, 2024 to Jun 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100979067, 101003930, 101054759.

×

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101003930.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100979067, 101024872, 101054759.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses22
For
20
Against
2
On
0
Names

For

  • City of Fort Worth1 registration
  • City of San Antonio1 registration
  • Dominium1 registration
  • Self3 registrations
  • Self; Housing Authority of the city of El Paso1 registration
  • Self; Hunt Companies Inc1 registration
  • Self; Investment Builders Inc1 registration
  • Self; TAAHP1 registration
  • Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers, and the Texas Association of Builders1 registration
  • Self; Tx Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP)1 registration
  • Self; VOA TX1 registration
  • Self; Volunteers of America, Texas1 registration
  • Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers1 registration
  • Texas Apartment Association1 registration
  • Texas Association of Builders2 registrations
  • Texas Association of Goodwills1 registration
  • Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration

Against

  • Foundation Communities1 registration
  • Texas Housers1 registration
Sources

22 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 21, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 15, 2025

05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 10 aye, 1 nay · Out of committee

Companion

SB 898 by Blanco (identical)

Subjects

Housing--General

Taxation--Property-Miscellaneous

HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 258 words

89R4119 JAM-F

By: Moody
H.B. No. 1865

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2306.6711(b), Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) Not later than the deadline specified in the qualified

allocation plan, the board shall issue commitments for available

housing tax credits based on the application evaluation process

provided by Section 2306.6710. The board may not allocate to an

applicant housing tax credits in any unnecessary amount, as

determined by the department's underwriting policy and by federal

law, and in any event may not allocate to the applicant housing tax

credits in an amount greater than $6 million in a single application

round or to an individual development more than $3 [ $2 ] million in a

single application round.

SECTION 2. Section 2306.6711(b), Government Code, as

amended by this Act, applies only to an application for low income

housing tax credits that is submitted to the Texas Department of

Housing and Community Affairs during an application cycle that is

based on the 2026 qualified allocation plan or a subsequent plan

adopted by the governing board of the department. An application

that is submitted during an application cycle that is based on an

earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law in effect

on the date the application cycle began, and the former law is

continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.